Advertising toy.



L. C ROBBINS.

ADVERTISING TOY.

APPLICATION men MR. 20. m1.

Patented May 22, 1917.

ATTORNEY 'along the line 3 at a slight angle so that the wings stand at an LEON C. ROBBINS, OF LOVELAND, COLORADO.

ADVERTISING TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 22, 1917.

Application filed March 20, 1917. Serial No. 156,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEoN C. ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Loveland, in the county of Larimer and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Advertising Toys, ofwhich the following is a specification.

- This invention relates to toys, and more especially to aerial projectiles; and the object of the same is to produce a toy aeroplane of the glider type, for advertising and similar purposes.

This object I carry out by making a little aeroplane of cardboard or the like so that it may be used by children and grown-ups ,to their amusement and edification, and will keep their interest for quite a time; and on the body of the device is printed an advertisement of the merchant or house which gives the articles away.

Details of the preferred construction are set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the drawings where- 1n:-

Figure 1 is a perspective view of this gliding toy as it appears in the air when descending slowly to the ground.

Fig. 2 is a-front elevation or front end view.

Fig. 3 isa cross section on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view.

This toy may be made completely of paper or light cardboard, or the truss hereinafter described might be of thread or fine wire, although this need hardly be illustrated. Excepting this truss, the article is cut from a single piece of stock by one movement of the die, and may be scored on lines on which it is to be subsequently folded or bent, or it may be printed on these lines because the bending is rather gentle and contains no acute angles. Referring to Fig. 4, the major portion or front end of the article may be called its body. This is made up of two wings 1 and 2 integrally united with each other at their inner ends where the material is bent angle to each other as seen in the front end elevation, and rise gently from their point of union to their outer ends. This portion of the device is continued to the rear in what might be called a shank broadly designated by the numeral' l. The shank is integral with the rear edges of the wings at both end of the shank; and

-latterseen be "plane which cuts through the planes of the tising medium would be lost. The

sides of the bend or angle 3, and said bend is continued a little way into the shank and then diverges along the lines 5 to the rear at this point said shank integrally unites which constitutes the tail 6. This element extends across the rear end of the shank and to quite a little distance on each side of the same, and its extremities are turned downward at right angles into tips 7, the body of the tail standing in a single plane with the rear portion of the shank between the diverging angles or folds 5, whereas each wing stands in a plane with that portion of the shank forward of one of said angles 5 as seen. 'The result is that, when viewed from in front, the forward portion or the larger portion of the toy is slightly V- shaped'and is of course larger and heavier than the rear ortion thereof, whereas the ind-is flat or stands in a two wings, and is turned down at its extremities or tips as at 7. The wings 1 and 2 are held in their relative position by means of a truss which, assuggested above, might be a thread or wire, but which I preferably make in are shape of another and smaller piece of cardboard bent into three panels whereof the innermost numbered 8 constitutes the truss body and lies horizontal across and spans the angle 3, and the end panels 9 constitute reinforcing elements for the two win s, to whose upper faces they are secured y gum or otherwise. It will not be necessary to illustrate the printing or other advertising matter which may. be inscribed upon either or both faces of the device. With this printed matter the device becomes an advertising toy-without it, the children may play with it met as well but the utility of the article as an advertoy may be made and used in its finished condition as described above, or it may be distributed flat and accompanied by instructions how to fold it on the lines marked and how to apply the truss. Probably the most satisfactory manner would be to deliver the articles in bulk and in flat condition to the merchant, and advise the latter to make it up into working condition before it is given out.

In use the article may be laid on the hand upside downthat is, with the truss 8 on the hand and the parts inverted as seen in with a flat plane port and permitting I some convolutions or gyrations through the gliding movement, the the wings steadies the a line coincident with (air as is inevitable in its descent, owing to currents and other condihardly perceptible. In its oblique position of toy and causes it to delicate lateral tions whic are move forward along the fold line 3, whereas much of the air Iv taining fold 3 constitutes a keel ,It may over which the inner edges of the wings pass,--is.diverted by the diverging folds 5 and passes over the front edge of the tail plane 6 and across its top; hence the suspower of the tail plane is not as tlifit of the wings and the angle or along which the toy progresses. The tips 7 at the extremities of the tail plane 6 cut endwise through the air and prevent movements of the entire tail endwise in-either direction which would 'permit progress I of path. Forthese reasons configuration as shown in the drawings to be desirable, excepting only that the truss may be made of paper or other material. be possible however, that if it be of paper as shownit possesses advantages over a thread, for instance. Its central panel 8 has certain sustaining .properties asit cuts through the air inthe progress of the toy, and end panels 9 do stiffen the 2 upon which they are gummed and therefore assist these wings in sustaining the entire load. Finally, if this. element were of thread it would have to be attached at its great as extremities to the wings in some manner and the toy might tear at these points ,of attachment I do not wish to be limited, however, further than the terms of the appended claims compel.

What is claimed as new is 2- 1.. The herein described toy aeroplane hav- (lopies of this patent may its rear portion a the whole along a wavy I consider the exact wings 1 andbe obtained for five cents each,

Washington, D. 0.

. standing at a slight angle to each other, at

its rear portion a flat tail plane -2nd at its intermediate portion a shank integrally connecting the wings with the plane, and a truss connecting said wings on their upper sides and holding them in proper relative position. I

2. The herein described toy' aeroplane having at its front portion a pair of wings standing at a slight angle to each other, at flat tail plane, and at its intermediate portion a shank integrally connecting the wings with the plane, and a truss of flat material in three panels where-. of the endmost are secured to the upper faces of said wings near their outer ends and the intermediate panel stands in the space between the endmost panels and overlies the angle between said wings.

3. The herein described toy aeroplane having at its front portion a pair of wings standing at a slight angle to each other, at its rear portion a flat tail plane, and at its intermediate portion'a shank integrally connecting the wings with the plane, the fold line between the wings along the center of the toy diverging in two fold lines extending through the extremities of said tail planes, and means for holding the wings at a proper angle to each other.

4. The herein described toy aeroplane having at its front portion a pair of wings standing at a slight angle to each other, at its rear. portion a fiat tail plane, and at its intermediate portion a shank integrally connecting the wings with the plane, the fold line between the wings along the center of the toy diverging in two fold lines extending through said shank to points where the side edges of the shank unite with the front edges ofthe tail whereby the latter and the space between the diverging fold lines stand inone plane, and means" for holding the wings at an angle to each other so that each wing and that portion of the shank forward of one of said diverging lines stands in a single plane and out of the plane of LEON o. ROBBINS.

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

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